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Tracy Sprinkle Embracing Opportunity to Continue Playing Professional Football with XFL's D.C. Defenders

In the two years since Tracy Sprinkle completed his Ohio State football career, his professional football journey has taken him to six different teams and three different leagues.

As an undrafted free agent in 2018, Sprinkle signed with the Carolina Panthers, but was released before the start of the regular season. In 2019, Sprinkle signed with the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football, which lasted just eight weeks before folding. He spent time with both the Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans last summer, but was waived by the Texans at the end of the preseason. Now, he’s back in another new upstart league as a member of the D.